Shoe heel



March 31, 1925. 1,531,806

I w. 1-1. NUTT SHOE HEEL Filed Jan. 5. 1924 Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED s'rarss PATENT OFFICE.

'WILIIIAII NUTT, OF N'EWB'URYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE HEEL.

Application filed January 5, 1924. Serial No. 684,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM H. NUTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburyport, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new 7 heels are frequently made of abody portion of wood or other solid material covered with either leather or fabric, or some other suitable material, making a dressy looking appearance. A very artistic and decorative appearance of the heel may be produced by a patchwork arrangement of two or more different colored leathers or other covering material, the several different colored materials being used on diflerent parts of the heel and so arranged as to form a pattern of attractive design. If the difierent pieces of-the colored material are simply laid on the smooth surface of the heel with abutting edges in the manner of putting on wall paper, the edges of the different pieces where they abut against each other, are apt to peel narrow channels or grooves along the boundary line between the several different portions which are to receive the different members of the covering and forming the several covering pieces with a suflicient margin so that when they are applied to the respective parts of the heel, said marginal portions will be tucked into the grooves. When the different pieces are cemented to the heel,.and these marginal portions are tucked down into the grooves and cemented, the raw edges will be entirely concealed and securely held.

, The invention will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and thenovel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the drawings:

F 1 is a view in side elevation of the body of aheel formed with grooves ready to receive the covering. i

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the heel body shown in Fig. 1.

Fig.3 is a developed plan of the blank for the marginal cover section.

Fig. 4 is a developed plan of the blank for the central cover section.

heel.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the finished Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the finished M heel. I

Fig. 7 is a section online 77, Fig. 6. Referring now to the drawings there is shown in Fig. l the body of a' shoe heel made of wood or other suitable solid material such as frequently used for heels of ladies shoes which are to be covered withleather, fabric or other sheet material. I mark out on the rear and side faces of the heel a design according to the pattern which is to be produced by the application of pieces of covering material of difierent colors in the finished heel. I then form grooves in the body of the heel following the boundary v or dividing line between the several pieces of the different colored material. ,In the heel shown in the drawings, the pattern is of simple form intended for coversections of two difierent colors. The pattern has a central panel 1 surrounded by a margin 2..

A groove is formed in the body of the heel along the dividing line between the centre I panel 1 and the marginal portion 2. There is thus formed a groove 3 along the upper boundary line of the panel, a groove 4 at the bottom boundary'line andgrooves 5 and 6 at the side edges of the panel for the side" boundary lines. The grooves 3 and 4,- extend around to the opposite side of the heel from that shown in Fig. 1. There is also a groove 6 corresponding to the groove 5 tensions 8, 9, 10 and 11 of sufficient-width to extend into the grooves. The blank for covering the marginal portion 2 of the heelv is shown in Fig. *3. This blank is cut out in its middle to allow for the panel covering already described, and has top.-

on the opposite side. The covering pieces a bottom and side portions 12, 13, 14 and 15 respectively which are to cover the top, bottom, and sides of'the marginal portion 2 "of the heel. This blank also has innerdifferent sections if made of different mamarginal extension portions 16, 17, 18 and 19 which are to fit into the four groove portions of the heel blank and has an -outer marginal portion 20 which is to lap over the top or heel seat portion of" the heel, side marginal portions 21 and 22 which are to lap over onto the breast .of the heel,- and a marginal portion 23 which is to lap over onto the bottom of the ,heel.

I apply the outer .covering blank thus formed to that portion of the heel for which it is intended, and tuck the inner peripheral marginal portions into the grooves and fold the outer marginal portions respectively over onto the top, breast and bottom surfaces of the heel. Both covering m mbers should be cemented to the body of the heel so as to firmly adhere v thereto.

VVhen the covering pieces are thus ce mented to the heel, the tucked edges of the covering portions will all -be concealed within the grooves and prevented from fraying.

Not only will the raw edges thus be protected so that there is no danger of peeling and fraying. and they will wear better, but also an ornamental design is produced by the contour of the groove irrespective of the color of the material or if allof the same color. It is preferred, however, to make the "different pieces of material of contrasting colors or of differ- .ent material and the artistic appearance ofthe design will thereby be still further enhanced.

It is obvious that the design outlined by the groove may be varied asdesired and two or more colors maybe em loyed according to the. character of. the esign.

.The different sections of covering material may also, if desired, be made of different kinds of material of the same color;

for instance, I one cover section mi ht be made of leather and another sect1on.be made of silk or some other fabric. A contrasting appearance would be given to the terial even though of the same color. Even if all the pieces are of the same material and same color, the grooves withthe tucked in margins make an effective appearance whatever the design. 4

After the covering has been applied, a top .lift should be attached to the bottom to protect the turned under marginal portion 23 ofthe cover and also to take the Wear asusual for a top lift.

What I claim is: v

. 1. A shoe heel having secured to its outer face a panel of thin sheet material which has a marginal portion around its periphand side edges of-the outer face of the heel and an independent border strip of sheet material secured to the port-ion'of the outer face of the heel which surrounds the said panel, said border strip having a marginal portion engaged in said groove.

2. A shoe heel having a covering of a plurality of sections of sheet material on its outer face, the heel being formed with grooves along the boundary line between. the different sections of the covering, the sections of the cover material having marginal portions which are tucked into said grooves and secured therein.

3. A shoe heel having av covering of a plurality of sections of sheet material on. its, outer face, the heel being formed with grooves along the boundary line between the different sections of the covering, the

sections of the cover material having marginal portions which are tucked into said grooves, the different sections of cover material being of contrasting appearance.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. NUTT. 

